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India and Canada eye higher ties at UNGA
The Indian Express··28 Sept
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand on the UN General Assembly sidelines Saturday. Anand told the debate Ottawa is building renewed partnerships with large economies including India and China. Prime Minister Mike Carney said Modi may visit Canada around December as trade talks progress after the 2023 diplomatic rupture with Ottawa.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Ottawa is exploring new Indo-Pacific trade partners as it targets a trillion dollars of domestic investment over five years.
- Carney said India and Canada committed at the G20 to aim to conclude trade negotiations by the G20 this year.
- Ties had nosedived in 2023 after Canada alleged a link between Indian agents and Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing, which India rejected.
What's Happening
- Jaishankar posted on X that the two ministers had a productive discussion preparing to take the relationship to a higher level.
- Anand told the UNGA debate Canada is diversifying trade and catalysing investment while strengthening multilateralism with India and others.
- India co-sponsored an inaugural multilateralism summit at UN headquarters with Australia, Barbados, Brazil, Canada and Kenya.
How ties frayed and reset
- The 2023 row led to reciprocal diplomat expulsions and reduced diplomatic personnel on both sides.
- Carney took office in March 2025 as both capitals sought strategic autonomy amid US trade and tariff pressures.
- He said the relationship matters on people-to-people, security, trade and economic levels.
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